Decatur is Illinois’ fastest-shrinking city since 2010
Decatur is Illinois’ fastest-shrinking city since 2010
Decatur lost 3,400 residents from 2010 to 2016, or about 4.5 percent of its population.
Decatur lost 3,400 residents from 2010 to 2016, or about 4.5 percent of its population.
For four decades, government workers have been denied their First Amendment right to freedom of association, but that could change with a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2018.
Lawrence Wyllie is accused of stealing public funds and using school district money for dog obedience schools.
Motorists and Abolish Red Light Cameras have filed suit against Crestwood over the village’s red-light camera at Cicero Avenue and Cal Sag Road.
State workers receive a platinum-level health care plan at a heavily subsidized cost, while Illinoisans in the private sector paying for those plans see their own premiums skyrocket.
More than 2,200 Cook County workers receive salaries over $100,000. For career county workers, that means pensions worth millions of dollars over the course of their retirements.
Wheeling village trustees have voted for a plan to use tax increment financing to build a bridge to a vacant piece of land.
One alderman with strong ties to the traditional taxicab industry has suggested raising fees on ridesharing to fill the growing budget gap.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle shared an admission that the soda tax was always about revenue.